Politifact.com: Statements from Lon Burnamhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/lon-burnam/Statements from Lon Burnam reviewed by Politifact.comen-usFri, 29 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0400Lon Burnam - Burnam claim about Russia having greater partisan representation than Texas is misleadinghttp://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/aug/29/lon-burnam/burnam-claim-about-russia-having-greater-partisan-/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Burnam claim about Russia having greater partisan representation than Texas is misleading
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<p>A Democratic Texas legislator said the Republican governor, Rick Perry, has no basis for characterizing his indictments by a Travis County grand jury as a partisan attack. According to an Aug. 22, 2014, news blog post by the Dallas Morning News, state Rep. Lon Burnam of Fort Worth that day called Perry a &quot;master of disinformation&quot; on a conference call with reporters hosted by the Democratic National Committee. Burnam, the blog post said, accused Perry of trying to shrug off the charges against him as political payback for his veto of funding for the Public Integrity Unit, part ...</p> <a href="/texas/statements/2014/aug/29/lon-burnam/burnam-claim-about-russia-having-greater-partisan-/">>> More</a>Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/aug/29/lon-burnam/burnam-claim-about-russia-having-greater-partisan-/Lon Burnam - Lon Burnam says rejecting expansion would send $9 billion of Texans’ taxes to Medicaid in other stateshttp://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/apr/12/lon-burnam/lon-burnam-says-rejecting-expansion-would-send-9-b/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Lon Burnam says rejecting expansion would send $9 billion of Texans’ taxes to Medicaid in other states
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<p> State Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, said the Texas House was throwing money away when it voted March 4, 2013, to reject federal Medicaid expansion dollars. In a press release, Burnam said refusing to expand would accomplish nothing except to &quot;send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their working poor.&quot; Medicaid is a federal-state insurance program that targets children and low-income families, elderly and disabled people, pregnant women and children in foster care. Under the Affordable Care Act (known as Obamacare), the federal government would pay all costs ...</p> <a href="/texas/statements/2013/apr/12/lon-burnam/lon-burnam-says-rejecting-expansion-would-send-9-b/">>> More</a>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/apr/12/lon-burnam/lon-burnam-says-rejecting-expansion-would-send-9-b/